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Dr. Craig Blomberg, a noted Evangelical scholar, gave a [ speech] in which he discussed ten things which he claims Jesus would tell Latter-day Saints. These points have been summarized. FAIR would not presume to put words in Jesus' mouth save those recorded in scripture, but Dr. Blomberg's comments are worthy of response.
Latter-day Saints whole-heartedly agree with this idea. As we will see in #3 below, however, this conviction is often misunderstood or misrepresented by Evangelicals.
Why would Latter-day Saints judge Jesus simply because others have misused his name? Dr. Blomberg seems to presume that Latter-day Saints have judged "true" [i.e., conservative Evangelical] Christianity based on the actions of others. This is not the case—Latter-day Saints have discovered Jesus and come to know him through the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and the teachings of modern prophets.
Latter-day Saints do not reject Evangelical Christianity because of the actions of Evangelicals—they reject it because they believe they have found something better that teaches them more about Jesus.
This point consists of two main claims:
Latter-day Saints—like the Bible and Book of Mormon—believe that God is one. There have been many answers to the question of how God can be one, while also consisting of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Dr. Blomberg wishes to have Jesus say that Latter-day Saints ought to believe in the Nicene Trinitarianism solution to that problem.
Latter-day Saints who practice Bible study know that the idea of God being "one God in three persons" is nowhere taught in the Bible. It is also not taught in the Book of Mormon. Bible scholars are unanimous that these ideas are not to be found in the Bible, or in Christian history for more than two centuries after Christ's resurrection. Jesus himself and the apostles were not Nicene Trinitarians, and neither were any Bible writers or first century Christians:
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